Posted: 2007-03-06 18:03:00
Dear Members and Staff
I got my first "Nigerian Spam" today in my mail, heard often of it. Please be cautious, these are gangsters with very bad tricks, well known for years now. They are Africans trying to get visas with YOUR help. The problem is that when they arrive on a tourist visa with all the family and friends those millions are still not on you bank account and your home might just suddenly be turned into a refugee camp permanently. You cannot do anything about it because YOU signed the big deal and the small print to support them!
The best way to support the third world is for them to help themselves at home financed though reliable and efficient help programms like UNICEF, one can support children, each for as little as $5 per month.
RR
I hopt this was not within GLOBOmail? GLOBO does have a spam filter system installed that triggers for such kind of e-mails. However some mails get through as it is difficult to find the line between spam and not spam. Usually such accounts get found anyway and deleted within short time.
Please let me know if you received through GLOBO and the account is still active.
Posted: 2007-03-06 21:08:00
Wow! That was quick Staff - thanks for removing the messages and that members account. I hope that no one fell for that trick. GLOBO is safe again :-)
The message was in the GLOBOmail but obviously the guy started at the top of the members list and quickly found out that your anti-spam system was blocking further mass mail. Perhaps he only got to two or three of us and gave up, he went off-line as soon as I logged in.
Thanks for a safe website!
R'Rudi
[ This Message was edited by: rangutan on 2007-03-06 21:14 ]
Posted: 2007-03-06 21:10:00
OK. You are fast as light! Just pressed save and a few seconds later I got an e-mail as reply on that post from you. Thought that must be an error, but in deed there was a reply :-) Wow!
Posted: 2007-03-10 21:56:00
The best way to end these scams is to report them to the abuse e-mail at the provider. in otherwords, if the scammer asks you to reply to XXXX@yahoo.co.uk; forward the e-mail or copy it and send it to abuse@yahoo.co.uk. This way the provider can delete the address and intercept any e-mails directed to it. Same is true of lottery scams. If yo can send the detailed header, all the better - it gives law enforcement the IP address the e-mail originated from.
Eire
--- Life is not measured by the breaths you take but by the moments that take your breath away.
Posted: 2008-01-11 19:44:00
I got this one not at GLOBO but at another website http://www.travelinlove.com that I am disapointed with. I hope all members are baware and do not fall into this. There seems to be a lot around at the moment.
From Suzan and Willams Alfarouk/Appeal for Assistance.
"Dearest One,
Greetings in the name of God. We are Suzan and willams Alfarouk from Sierra Leone.I am writing you from Rep of Cote d'Ivoire where we Have been taking refuge after the brutal war and Murder of our parents by the rebels during the renewed Fighting in our country Sierra Leone. Because of the war our late Father sold his shipping company and took us to a nearby country Cote d'Ivoire where he deposited US$18,300,000.00 Million(Eigtheen Million Three Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) in his foreign account with one of the bank here in Cote 'Ivoire.Please, We have prayed before contacting you with the trust in God that you will be of help to me and my Sister is seriously sick now coupled with the current political situation in Ivory Coast now,We are seeking for your assistance to transfer this money to your account for a good investment project in your country and also relocate to your country with my younger sister Suzan to further our study.We are willing to offer you 15% of the total sum for your assistance. Please for your good information this transaction Is 100% risk free and in no way connected with any illegal transaction, Please help us to get out of this terrible situation and our Almighty God will bless you. Please kindly call us on +2250xxxxx450 for more discussion.
Best Regards(alfaroxxxxamily05@yahoo.com)
Suzan and Williams Alfarouk. "
[Telefone number and Email address changed ]
If members get or see such spam, please report it to staff immediately so that it may be removed. There should be a special spam button?
[ This Message was edited by: rangutan on 2008-01-11 20:08 ]
please report spam always through the spam reporting function of GLOBO. There is an icon underneath the members profile picture with a red sign that allows you to report the user if he has <500 points and you do have >500 points. The reporting function is semiautomated so far but might become even more automated in the future. If it works well it will allow seniors to freeze an account if several seniors report it. All of you can help to filter out those who pass the automated filters and can not be detected by computer programs.
